[evlatests] P-Band on Antennas 23 and 17
Jim Jackson
jjackson at nrao.edu
Thu Mar 15 11:22:19 EDT 2007
P-Band is now available for testing on Antenna 17 and 23. The problem in
23 was finally tracked down to a shorted cable at the Apex (which also let
the smoke out of an F14 module - sorry Wayne). Antenna 17 worked first try
yesterday when we installed the T301. We are seeing reasonable total
power, ALC and switched power readings at the T5 and good spectrum displays
from Mike's real time spectrum displays.
Right now the Psystart script sets the T304 attenuators to -1, -1. This
results in excessive levels to the digitizers (RMS around 70). Someone
needs to calibrate the levels. Our experimentation produced the best
results (at the T5) with T304 RF attenuator settings in the range of 8-12dB
and CH1 attenuator settings in the range of 20-24dB.
Jim
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